Time now to check out some of the old photographs I "rescued" while antique shopping in Jacksonville. As you all know, I'm a fan of old pictures and I love putting them online so they can survive in digital perpetuity.
First, polishing up the Dodge on Easter, 1947. It looks like everyone is dressed up to go out, or maybe go to church. I think Mom in the background even has a little corsage.
On the back: "Sport."
On the back: "My room." The decor has some style but it looks like the back of that chair is pushed right up against the bed. Not a whole lot of space!
Maybe he sent this picture to his sweetheart, prominently displayed on the desk.
Catastrophic structural failure is imminent, but no one seems worried -- except possibly that little kid on the left.
Dated 1964 -- Grandma is very proud of her new refrigerator!
My childhood babysitter had eyeglasses just like hers.
On the back: "Dec. 22, 1944." If I had to guess, I'd say someone was posted to the South Pacific during the war, and this is a picture of a piglet that became a Christmas feast.
On the back: "Durham: Geo Clymer." At first I thought the man in the photo was George, but I think actually the photo may have been taken on the USS George Clymer, a wartime transport ship. Perhaps Durham was his name.
And finally, a mysterious cityscape. It's obviously somewhere in Europe, and on the building on the left we can see the word "Haus," which suggests Germany. It took me a while but I finally figured out the location using the sign atop the curved building in the background, which says (not very clearly) "Rundschau Haus." This was the headquarters of the Frankfurter Rundschau, a daily newspaper in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. The building went up in 1953, so the photo was taken sometime after that.
That puts the location of this photo on Eschenheimer Tor. Here's what the area looks like today. Rundschau Haus is now gone, but the castle on the right, the white building in the center with the circular decoration, and the building on the left all appear to still exist.
These are just eight of 22 photos I bought. Here's the whole batch on Flickr, if you're interested.
Fascinating - well done for working out the location of the city photo.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great collection of photos. An interesting look back at life as it was in black and white.
ReplyDeleteThis is so much fun. Thanks for the link to the rest of them, and for the sleuthing.
ReplyDeleteSuch photos are precious evidence of ordinary lives in changing times. Your rescue efforts are laudable - otherwise they would probably disappear forever.
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